Sakari Lindfors (born April 27, 1966) is a Finnish former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who played in the

SM-liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

. He played for

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

and had time abroad in Italian, Swedish and Austrian leagues. He was inducted into the

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in 2005.

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Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio
* 1966 births Finnish ice hockey goaltenders HIFK (ice hockey) players Graz 99ers players Färjestad BK players Quebec Nordiques draft picks Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Helsinki Living people {{Finland-icehockey-goaltender-stub